Birthdays - Authors and Illustrators - by month

September 13: Roald Dahl
http://www.roalddahl.com/

November 27: Kevin Henkes
http://www.kevinhenkes.com/

May 17: Gary Paulsen
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/about.html
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-paulsen-gary.asp

August 2: James Howe

December 24: Stephanie Meyers

January 3 (1892): J.R.R. Tolkien

January 4 (1933): Phyllis Reynolds Naylor